Seneca County G.A.R. Posts
- # 40 - Ovid - Post disbanded 1877.
Private Charles T. Little, Co. E, 148th NYSV. Joined at Ovid Dec. 1863, age
29; KIA June 18, 1864 near Petersburg, VA.
- # 72 - Waterloo - Chartered June 25, 1870.
Sgt. Tyler J. Snyder, Co. G, 126th NYSV. Born in Gorham; "Waterloo teacher;"
joined Aug. 1862 as Private, age 18; promoted to Sgt. March 1863; MWIA at
Gettysburg July 3, 1863; died the same day at 3d Division, II Corps hospital;
buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
- # 78 - Seneca Falls - Chartered Aug. 26, 1868.
Cross Brothers:- Private James G. Cross, Co. A, 148th NYSV. Joined at
Seneca Falls Aug. 1862, age 21; transferred from 126th NYSV; captured June 15,
1864 near Petersburg, VA; died while a POW in Florence, SC.
- Private Lemuel B. Cross, Co. A, 148th NYSV. Joined at Seneca Falls Aug.
1862, age 23; transferred from 126th NYSV; wounded June 3, 1864 at Cold Harbor,
VA; mustered out June 1865.
- # 325 - Ovid - Chartered Dec. 30, 1882.
Sgt. Charles T. Harris, Co. C, 126th NYSV. Joined at Ovid Aug. 1862 as
Corporal, age 22; surrendered and paroled Sept. 1862 at Harper's Ferry;
promoted to Sgt. Jan. 18, 1863; KIA July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg; buried at
Gettysburg National Cemetery.
- # 438 - Interlaken (name was Farmer Village or Farmerville during the
war) - Chartered Dec. 29, 1883, disbanded 1930 (last member was John R.
Ryno).
1st Lt. William E. Avery, Co. F, 75th NYSV.
Joined Sept 1861 at Farmerville as 1st Lt., age 23; "killed in charge on Port
Hudson May 27, 1863 age 24 yrs, 9 mos., 28 days;" buried in family plot at Lake
View Cemetery, Interlaken, NY.
- # 445 - Lodi - Chartered Jan. 24, 1884.
Corporal Andrew Chestnut, Co. C, 126th NYSV. Joined at Lodi Aug. 1862, age 24;
surrendered and paroled Sept. 1862 at Harper's Ferry; KIA Feb. 6, 1864 at
Morton's Ford, VA.
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